Congrats

I love the simple elegance of this week's Retro Sketch of the week.   So simple but effective.

I decided to go with the Sunshine Sayings stamp set and the the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits pairing them up with the Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper.

Love the way this card came together.   You can never have enough wedding cards on hand.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Sunshine Sayings
Ink:   Basic Black
Paper:   Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Pearls
Tools:   Sunshine Wishes Designer Series Paper

Viva La Verve

Here is this month's Viva La Verve sketch.   I decided to change it up a little bit, but the overall elements of the sketch are there.    Being that it wedding season, I decided pull out the For The New Two stamp set and the beautiful Timeless Elegance designer series paper for a wedding card. Love those two products together.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   For the New Two
Ink:   Basic Grey
Paper:   Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Basic Black Baker's Twine, Pearls

Just Married

When I saw this week's Fusion challenge, it made me think of the beautiful wedding cake in the Your Perfect Day stamp set.   It was a perfect fit for the challenge and perfect addition to my card stash to sell at The Fine Grind coffee shop.

Not only a great photo, but a great sketch as well!  

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Your Perfect Day, Thoughtful Banners
Ink;  Silver, Soft Sky Blendabilites
Paper:   Whisper White, Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Going Gray Baker's Twine, Rhinestones, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools:  Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Duet Banner Punch

Swirly Scribbles Wedding Card

I am so excited to share with all of you sneak peeks from the Stampin' Up! 2016-17 Idea Book and Catalog.   Here is my favorite die, Swirly Scribbles.   I love, love this die.   Here is in one of the new In Colors, Flirty Flamingo.
I paired up the florals with the Playful Palette Designer Series Paper and the Pals Paper Arts sketch of the week.   How great is this week's Paper Craft Crew Challenge is Flowers.   This was perfect opportunity to showcase this amazing die!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Beautiful Ride
Ink:  Versamark
Paper: Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Pear Pizzazz, Playful Palette Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Whisper White Embossing Powder, Subtles Candy Dots

Tools:  Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Swirly Scribbles Framelit

Stampin' Royalty Photo Inspiration

Love, love the color scheme in this week's Stampin' Royalty photo inspiration!!  Love the colors!   Here is Snuggles & Scribbles stamp set for this week's challenge.

The challenge will be open until 3:00 (PST) June 29th.   Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Your Perfect Day, Snuggles & Scribbles
Ink:   Watercolor Wonder, Daffodil Delight
Paper;   Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Watercolor Wonder, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories:   Subtles Candy Dots
Tools:  Circle Framelits, Build a Blossom Punch, Paper Piercing Essentials

Mr.& Mrs.

Here is a second design I created with this week's Mojo Monday sketch of the week and for the chance to be a part of the design team at Mojo Monday.   The design team creates inspirational projects every week and I would be honored to be chosen.  
 

Here is a twist on the Build a Birthday "wedding" card I create last week.    I decided to build a wedding cake using the beautiful trend for wedding colors in mint and pink.   I have to say I love this color combo and even more so using the Build A Birthday stamp set for a wedding cake.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets:    Build a Birthday, For the New Two, Floral Wings, Snuggles & Smooches

Ink:   Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride

Paper:   Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron

Accessories:   Pearls

Tools:  Circle Framelits

Building a Wedding Cake

 Each week I anticipate all the beautiful weekly challenges the Fusion site presents us.    How beautiful is the colors, the sketch and the image in this week's challenge.

I decided to pull out the Build a Birthday stamp and create a wedding cake.    My favorite part of creating this card I was able to use the beautiful florals from the Floral Wings stamp set.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  For the New Two, Build a Birthday, Floral Wings
Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight
Paper:   So Saffron Patterns Designer Series Paper, Play Date Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Pearls, Very Vintage Buttons, Whisper White Baker's Twine
Tools:   Triple Banner Punch

Caseing the Catty Sketch Challenge

We are now blog hopping at Caseing the Catty.   So hop with us from one design team member to the next.   I hope you can join us in the hop and enjoy all the beautiful creations that we case (copied and steal everything) from the Occasions Mini.    This week we are casing the sketch of the card on page 22 of the Occasions Mini.

I decided to create a card with the Perfect Day stamp set and some Banner Framelits.

If you have been following the hop, you just came from Rebecca Scurr and the next stop in the hop is
the Jackie Noble. 

Ingredients to make the Perfect Day card:

Stamp Sets: Perfect Day

Ink:  Versamark, Pink Pirouette Blendabilites

Paper:   Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Accessories:  Pearls, Doily, Gold Embossing Powder, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Antique Brads

Tools:   Banner Framelits, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Stripes Textured Embossing Plate

This week's Caseing the Catty Sketch challenge provided the best inspiration!   I just got my sneak peak of 2015-16 products from the new Stampin' Up! catalog and this week's sketch inspired me to create with the new products a second project.

Ingredients to make the gift bag:
Stamp Sets:  Sprinkles of Life
Ink:   Bermuda Bay
Paper:   Whisper White,  Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper, Watermelon Wonder, Soft Sky
Accessories:  Subtles Candy Dots, Whisper White Satin Ribbon
Tools:  Triple Banner Punch,  Circle Framelits, Gift Bag Punch Board

My Favorite Things Sketch of the Week

 I am so excited I got to play with some new things I got and it ended up with amazing card for this week's My Favorite Things sketch.

How great is the beautiful Your Perfect Day from the Occasions min.  One of the things I love most about the stamp set is that I can color it with my Blendabilities!!!  Coloring is so much fun.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Your Pefect Day
Ink:   Versamark
Blendabilities:  Pink Pirouette
Paper:  Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Gold Foil and Vellum.
Accessories:  Pearls and Gold Embossing Powder
Tools:  Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Circle Framelits, Banner Framelit from a local craft store

Curious George Party!

My niece just turned 2 years old.     She absolutely loves Curious George.   So here are the party favor bags I made for all her little friends and cupcake toppers!    She loved her cupcake topper.    She kept pointing to the topper and saying George!!   So happy they were a hit by the birthday princess!

I found the clipart of George at this site.   Then I played with the various fonts on my computer to make the gift tag.     The fonts used are:  Arial, CK Black Out, Always & Forever.

Ingredients to make the party favor bag:
Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red
Accessories:  Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools:   2 1/2" Circle Punch, Crop-a-dile

Ingredients to make the cupcake topper:
Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red
Tools:   1 3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch

Birthday Invites and Cards

My niece is turning 2 is just a few short weeks.   I can't believe how fast the time has passed.    Here is the invitation as well as birthday card I made for the occasion.

I just love the little dot in the Work of Art stamp set!   The perfect size to make the perfect polka dot paper! 

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Blue Ribbon, Work of Art
Ink:   Strawberry Slush, Pool Party
Paper:  Whisper White, Coastal Cabana Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Silver Brads, Doily, Coastal Cabana Ruffled Ribbon
Tools:   1 1/4" Circle Punch, Paper Piercer

 

Mr & Mrs

This week Stampin' Royalty brings us a wedding challenge.  Here is another card made with the beautiful color combo, Coastal Cabana and Smoky Slate.   The coastal cabana is just perfect it reminds of the Tiffany boxes.    So how perfect is this color for a bridal card.

The challenge will be open 3:00pm (PST) May 26th. Hope you can join us!
Here are the ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Together Forever, Just So Sayings
Ink:  Whisper White, Coastal Cabana
Paper:  Whisper White, Coastal Cabana
Accessories:  Pearls, Very Vintage Buttons, Coastal Cabana Ruffled Stretch Trim
Tools:   Vintage Wallpaper Texture Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Eyelet Border Punch, Corner Rounder

Something Old, Something New

So this is the perfect wedding card.  It has a little something old, somthing new, something blue.   There is just nothing to be borrowed. Oh well 3 out of 4 works for me.

I used the hearts from the More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper.  All I needed to was flip the heart and now we have beautiful white doily hearts.  

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Label Love, Sweet Essentials, Flowering Flourishes
Ink:  Baja Breeze
Paper:  Whisper White, More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper, Baja Breeze Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Button from a local craft store
Tools:  Corner Rounder from a local craft store, Apothecary Framelits, Big Shot, Artisan Label Punch

Minnie Mouse Party Decoration

This week's Stampin Royalty brings us a Anything Goes challenge.   

No party is complete without a centerpiece.   So here is a table decoration made for the Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Celebration for my niece's first birthday party.

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) June 17th. Hope you can join us!
Ingredients to make the project:
Stamp Sets:   Banner Greetings
Ink:  Melon Mambo
Paper:   Regal Rose Patterns Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories:   Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, Black Brads,  Pearls colored with a black sharpie
Tools:  1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Pinwheel Sizzlets Die,

Minnie Mouse Birthday Banner



So I found this great kit to make paper doilies in my local craft store on clearance.    I know I could probably made the doilies with a little bit of time and patience, but I decided to buy the kit instead.    It saved me so much time.     All I needed to do was decorate with some circles and ribbon and there you have Minnie Mouse birthday banner to hang on the wall.

 

Ingredients to make the banner:

Paper:   Basic Black

Accessories:  Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, Paper Doilie Banner Kit

Tools:   Circle Sizzex, 2 1/2", 1 3/4", 1 1/4" Circle Punches,



Minnie Mouse Birthday Party

My niece just celebrated her first birthday.   Here are the invitations I made for her special day.    How super easy and quick was this invite to make.    The hardest part was finding the Disney font to download.   Click here to download the font to your computer.

Ingredients to make the invite:
Paper:  Whisper White and Basic Black
Accessories:   Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon
Tools:   Circle Sizzex, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Coluzzle Cutting System.

Playing with new Stickers

I got these great new stickers, they looked like embossed ink, but really are just stickers.   How quick and easy was this favor box made.   Die cut, add stickers, tie bow and accessories!   Most of the products are not SU, but the ones that are: Whisper White satin ribbon, pearls, aluminum tag and Box #2 Sizzex.

Ribbons and Pearls

So I found this amazing card on Pinterest and I couldn't wait to try to make the dress on my own.   This week's Stamping Royalty challenge gave me the perfect opportunity to make it.    The challenge this week is Ribbons and Pearls.    Click here to see the tutorial on how to make the dress.   So easy to do.

I have to say I love the way this card came out.  I believe it maybe a go to card when I need one for a wedding.   So beautiful and elegant. 

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) April 8th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Together Forever
Ink:  Crumb Cake
Paper:  Whisper White, Shimmery White Card Stock
Accessories:  Pearls, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Artisan Embellishments Kit, Doily from a local craft store
Tools:  Big Shot, Elegant Bouquet Textured Embossing folders, Hearts Collection Framelits

Love Pinterest

I have to say I love Pinterest.   It may seem like you are spending hours looking around pinning items to boards, but when it comes to time to make a card and you are out of ideas on what to do, it saves hours in the creative process.    I pinned this card to my board a while ago and it completely inspired me when I needed a card for my niece's christening.  So simple so cute and easy.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Set:  Special Blessings
Ink:  Perfect Plum
Paper:  Perfect Plum Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls and Floral from a local craft store
Tools:  Corner Rounder from a local craft store

Homemade Christening Invitation

Here are the invitations I made for my niece's christening.  I was completely inspired by the kraft and dolie look by all the great projects on out Pinterest.   So simple a gatefold with a dolie on top.    I put a glue dot on one side and velcro on the otherside.    I also dyed the rosette with my perfect plum ink refill.   So easy to dye flowers.   I was so happy with the results.   Do you have an upcoming occasion that you need invitations, please feel contact me and I can create your one of a kind homemade invitation!

Here are the ingredients to make the invitation:
Stamp Sets:  Buggies & Booties
Ink:  Perfect Plum
Paper:   Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories:  Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Rosette